Bill Buckner
1969–1990 · bats L / throws L · Boston Red Sox, California Angels, Chicago Cubs, Kansas City Royals, Los Angeles Dodgers, NLS
2,517G
.289AVG
.321OBP
.408SLG
More career statistics
2,715H
174HR
1,208RBI
183SB
6Rare feats
Career summary: MLB’s official regular-season totals. Season lines, splits and historical game logs below are reconstructed from the covered Retrosheet records and can differ in coverage or scorer revisions. Compare sources and coverage.
Career batting
| G | PA | AB | R | H | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | BB | K | SB | CS | HBP | SF | TB | AVG | OBP | SLG | OPS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2,517 | 10,037 | 9,397 | 1,077 | 2,715 | 498 | 49 | 174 | 1,208 | 450 | 453 | 183 | 73 | 42 | 97 | 3,833 | .289 | .321 | .408 | .729 |
Streaks
17longest hitting streak · 1986-09-07 to 1986-09-28
32longest on-base streak
The three rarest things in this career
| Rarity | What | Date | Rate | Game |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 52 | 7 RBI | 1979-05-17 | 1 in 6,468 player-games | box score ↗ |
| 48 | Six Times On Base | 1986-08-21 | 1 in 214 games | box score ↗ |
| 47 | First-Inning Ejection | 1974-08-09 | 1 in 187 games | box score ↗ |
Splits
Regular season only.
Home and away
| G | PA | H | HR | RBI | BB | K | AVG | OBP | SLG | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Home | 1270 | 4996 | 1385 | 83 | 635 | 231 | 222 | .297 | .323 | .416 |
| Away | 1247 | 5041 | 1330 | 91 | 573 | 219 | 231 | .281 | .307 | .400 |
By month
| G | PA | H | HR | RBI | BB | K | AVG | OBP | SLG | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| April | 321 | 1232 | 298 | 15 | 124 | 54 | 57 | .256 | .286 | .354 |
| May | 429 | 1713 | 461 | 27 | 199 | 79 | 67 | .288 | .315 | .406 |
| June | 404 | 1616 | 416 | 27 | 189 | 85 | 72 | .280 | .310 | .392 |
| July | 423 | 1695 | 459 | 28 | 203 | 63 | 72 | .286 | .308 | .399 |
| August | 466 | 1932 | 552 | 42 | 244 | 92 | 93 | .305 | .333 | .431 |
| September | 437 | 1692 | 483 | 31 | 221 | 70 | 84 | .304 | .327 | .442 |
| October | 37 | 157 | 46 | 4 | 28 | 7 | 8 | .311 | .338 | .466 |
Most-faced opponents
| G | PA | H | HR | RBI | BB | K | AVG | OBP | SLG | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| pittsburgh-pirates | 173 | 716 | 196 | 18 | 103 | 34 | 31 | .291 | .321 | .421 |
| st-louis-cardinals | 173 | 693 | 172 | 10 | 76 | 31 | 32 | .267 | .293 | .378 |
| san-francisco-giants | 165 | 688 | 203 | 14 | 80 | 21 | 19 | .309 | .326 | .445 |
| montreal-expos | 165 | 642 | 178 | 11 | 73 | 27 | 29 | .296 | .319 | .438 |
| cincinnati-reds | 164 | 648 | 159 | 11 | 57 | 30 | 25 | .263 | .292 | .392 |
| new-york-mets | 156 | 650 | 168 | 8 | 54 | 45 | 24 | .282 | .328 | .364 |
| san-diego-padres | 154 | 623 | 161 | 6 | 68 | 24 | 23 | .273 | .297 | .361 |
| houston-astros | 153 | 625 | 158 | 7 | 64 | 32 | 28 | .272 | .304 | .372 |
Season by season
| Year | Team | G | AB | H | HR | RBI | SB | AVG | IP | K |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1969 |  Los Angeles Dodgers | 1 | 1 | – | – | – | – | .000 | – | – |
| 1970 | Los Angeles Dodgers | 28 | 68 | 13 | – | 4 | – | .191 | – | – |
| 1971 | Los Angeles Dodgers | 108 | 358 | 99 | 5 | 41 | 4 | .277 | – | – |
| 1972 | Los Angeles Dodgers | 105 | 383 | 122 | 5 | 37 | 10 | .319 | – | – |
| 1973 | Los Angeles Dodgers | 140 | 575 | 158 | 8 | 46 | 12 | .275 | – | – |
| 1974 | Los Angeles Dodgers | 145 | 580 | 182 | 7 | 58 | 31 | .314 | – | – |
| 1975 | Los Angeles Dodgers | 92 | 288 | 70 | 6 | 31 | 8 | .243 | – | – |
| 1976 | Los Angeles Dodgers | 154 | 642 | 193 | 7 | 60 | 28 | .301 | – | – |
| 1977 |  Chicago Cubs | 122 | 426 | 121 | 11 | 60 | 7 | .284 | – | – |
| 1978 | Chicago Cubs | 117 | 446 | 144 | 5 | 74 | 7 | .323 | – | – |
| 1979 | Chicago Cubs | 149 | 591 | 168 | 14 | 66 | 9 | .284 | – | – |
| 1980 | Chicago Cubs | 145 | 578 | 187 | 10 | 68 | 1 | .324 | – | – |
| 1981 | Chicago Cubs | 106 | 421 | 131 | 10 | 75 | 5 | .311 | – | – |
| 1982 | Chicago Cubs | 161 | 657 | 201 | 15 | 105 | 15 | .306 | – | – |
| 1983 | Chicago Cubs | 153 | 626 | 175 | 16 | 66 | 12 | .280 | – | – |
| 1984 | Boston Red Sox, Chicago Cubs | 135 | 482 | 131 | 11 | 69 | 2 | .272 | – | – |
| 1985 |  Boston Red Sox | 162 | 673 | 201 | 16 | 110 | 18 | .299 | – | – |
| 1986 | Boston Red Sox | 153 | 629 | 168 | 18 | 102 | 6 | .267 | – | – |
| 1987 | Boston Red Sox, California Angels | 132 | 469 | 134 | 5 | 74 | 2 | .286 | – | – |
| 1988 | California Angels, Kansas City Royals | 108 | 285 | 71 | 3 | 43 | 5 | .249 | – | – |
| 1989 |  Kansas City Royals | 79 | 176 | 38 | 1 | 16 | 1 | .216 | – | – |
| 1990 | Boston Red Sox | 22 | 43 | 8 | 1 | 3 | – | .186 | – | – |